Intro to Reference Materials

An encyclopedia...

• is a book of maps

• has synonyms and sometimes antonyms

• has information and facts

• has word meanings

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CCSS.L.5.5C

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RI.5.4

A dictionary has...

• Word meanings

• Facts and information

• Maps

• Synonyms and antonyms

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CCSS.L.5.4C

CCSS.L.5.5C

A thesaurus has

• Facts and information

• Maps

• Word meanings

• Synonyms

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CCSS.L.5.4C

CCSS.L.5.5C

An atlas has

• Facts and information

• Word meanings

• Synonyms

• Maps

An almanac has

• Facts and information about a specific year

• Word meanings

• Maps

• Antonyms

Judy is not sure where Richmond is located. Which resource should she use to find out?

• Thesaurs

• Dictionary

• Almanac

• Atlas

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CCSS.RI.5.7

Matt is doing research on famous Americans for a history project. Which resource would be the most helpful?

• Atlas

• Encyclopedia

• Almanac

• His mom

Ann is writing a paper and needs a synonym for 'special'. Which resource should she use?

• Dictionary

• Atlas

• Thesaurus

• Almanac

Dre is wondering what the most popular song was in 2016. Which resource should he use?

• Almanac

• Encyclopedia

• Atlas

• Index

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CCSS.RI.5.7

Mary must write the meanings for all of her spelling words. Which resource would be the most helpful?

• Almanac

• Encyclopedia

• Thesaurus

• Dictionary

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CCSS.L.5.4C